Huo Yuan Jia ve Çene Woo Derneği

Huo Yuanjia was a real life hero, kim onun hayatı hakkında efsanevi hikayeler ilham. His life and expoloits have been the basis of films starring Bruce Lee and Jet Li. Gerçek Huo Yuan Jia, birçok yabancı savaşçıları yendi, Çin 1800'lerin ve 1900'lerin sonlarında diğer ülkeler tarafından mağdur ediliyordu zaman. His exploits were a source of pride at a time, when China was at a low ebb in its history.

Huo Yuanjia Ocak'ta doğdu 18, 1868. He was the son of a martial arts instructor, who did not want his son to train in martial arts. Huo Yuanjia would observe his father teach during the day and practice with his tutor at night. He eventually became exceptional.

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Huo Yuanjia from the Public Domain

Vikipedi göre, the family first learned of Huo Yuanjia’s skill, içinde 1890, when a martial artist beat his brother, who had been trained by his father. Huo Yuanjia fought the victor and won. Öyleydi 22 yaşındayım.

Huo Yuanjia then defeated a Russian wrestler, several Chinese martial artists and an English boxer by the name of Hercules O’Brien.

Hercules O’Brien ran several insulting articles in local newspapers challenging local fighters to a match. O’Brien was an intimidating looking man but Huo Yuanjia took up the challenge.

Huo Yuanjia and Hercules O’Brien argued over the rules for several months before they finally agreed that the first person knocked down would be the loser. Depending on the source, it appears that Huo Yuanjia knocked O’Brien down and took the victory. Some versions claim that O’Brien no showed. We do know Huo Yuanjia won one way or the other.

Huo Yuanjia, çevresinde Chin Woo Atletizm Derneği'ni kurdu. 1900. He focused on teaching martial arts, exercise and diet for overall health improvement and protection. The Chin Woo Association still exists to this day.

On August 9, 1910, Huo Yuanjia passed away at the age of 42. Yıllardır, many people speculated he was poisoned. The motive for the poisoning theory was his defeat of all the foreign fighters. Içinde 1989, his body was exhumed and his sternum did have the tell-tale black marks from arsenic poisoning.

Ancak, Huo Yuanjia was treated for jaundice and tuberculosis in the decade prior to his death. One of the ingredients in traditional Chinese medicine at this time was arsenic. Huo Yuanjia was just as likely to have been killed by the medicine as he was to have been deliberately poisoned.

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